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From: "sromanek" <>
Subject: Re: [Dover] William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:37:46 -0400
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Ok, I am confused. Did they have a William "Ike" Dover as well as Harmon & Ruth Hall Dover? If not then I need to fix my files. If Harmon and Ruth did as well is he also known as "Ike." What are the dates for Madison's son and Harmon's please?
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Subject: Re: [Dover] William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover
This William Isaac Dover was Madison & Susie Collins Dover's son, known as Ike Dover
Quoting Dennis Dover <>:
> This one is interesting. Newton and Laura Bates were living next
> door to William Isaac & Nancy Gilliland Dover in 1910 in Altoona,
> Etowah Co., Alabama. Newton was in Etowah County in 1880, 1900 and
> 1910. His father may have been a Francis M. Bates in Cherokee Co.,
> GA. Newton was first married to Mary Adeline Cross who was born 1843
> Georgia, possibly Cherokee Co and the daughter of Absolom & Sarah
> Ann Wayne Cross. Newton & Mary Bates had a son named James A. Bates
> who was born in Arkansas in 1878.
>
> Have been working on the BATES for awhile. Still trying to confirm
> some connections and hunches. Could be even more interesting with
> Whisenant, Collins and Lincoln Co., North Carolina ... and Polk
> County, Arkansas.
>
> **************************************************************
>
> Bates, Newton L., according to his Confederate pension application,
> Bates enlisted in Company E of Wofford's Brigade and Phillip's
> Legion at Camp McDonald, Georgia 4 Jul 1861; honorably discharged 7
> Jul 1865; pension was approved. According to her Confederate widow's
> pension application, Laura reported her husband died 14 Aug 1915.
> Laura Catherine claimed he was captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia in
> 1864 and spent 13 months at Elmira Prison in New York; discharged 7
> Jul 1865. Laura Catherine reported she married Newton L. Bates in
> 1885 near Walnut Grove; she claimed she was born at Holland Store in
> Anderson County, South Carolina, daughter of James Herring who died
> in 1913 at Murray cross in Etowah County.
>
> Letter to Alabama Pension Commission dated 31 Oct 1929: Dear Sir,
> Having became 80 years of age on Aug. 31, 1929, I went before the
> Justice of Peace on Sept. 9th 1929 and filled out the application
> blank to the best of my ability for a raise on my pension. I
> received no raise on my last warrant. I would like for the matter to
> be seen after at once as I understand the pensioners receive a raise
> after 80 years of age. Thanking you for immediate service. Sincerly
> Yours, [signed] Mrs. Laura C. Bates, Liberty, Alabama.
>
> Letter to Mrs. Laura C. Bates, dated 2 Nov 1929: Dear Mrs. Bates,
> Replying to your letter of Oct. 31st, we beg to advise that your
> application for an increase in pension was not filed in this office
> until Sept. 11th, 1929, which was too late for same to be passed on
> by the Commission for the October quarter. The Pension Commission
> has ruled that all reclassification applications must be on file in
> this office thirty days before the quarterly payment is due in order
> that the Commission may pass on same in time for the pension clerk
> to advance all pensioners to the proper classes before the work of
> checking pension warrants is begun. Otherwise there would be endless
> confusion in the bookkeeping of this office. We regreat that your
> application was received too late for you to receive the increase in
> pension for the October quarter, however, your name will be advanced
> to the pension roll, Class 1, for the January 1930 quarter, and your
> January warrant will be for the amount of $75.00. Trusting this
> explanation will be satisfactory, we are, Yours very truly,
> [unsigned copy] Secretary.
>
> According to monuments in the Harmony Missionary Baptist Cemetery
> Newton L. Bates was born 22 Aug 1840 and died 14 Aug 1915; Laura C.
> Bates was born 31 Aug 1848 and died 19 Jun 1944.
>
> http://home.hiwaay.net/~bobwonda/files/civilwarcompanies/miscellaneo
> ussoldiers/ab.html
>
>
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